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Podcast: High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode: Episode #132 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Senator Thomas Umberg and Deterrence to Fentanyl Drug Dealing
Description: Should there be consequences for dealing fentanyl? Should that consequence include secondary murder charges when known counterfeit pills kill people ?
State Senator Thomas J. Umberg is the Chair of the Senate’s Judicary Committee. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former federal criminal prosecutor, four-term state legislator, small business owner, and was the Deputy Drug Czar for President Clinton.
Senator Umberg began his military service at the Korean DMZ and was deployed overseas for three tours – totalling over five years.  In additon to his overseas deployments, Colonel Umberg was assigned as a paratrooper with the Army S...